Mercyful Fate - Melissa

Led by the mind-bending falsetto of corpsepainted vocalist King Diamond, the Copenhagen quintet fused an infectious NWOBHM-style guitar gallop to Satanic imagery and lyrics that were—unlike Venom’s—100 percent genuine. Metallica, who had released Kill ’Em All just a few months earlier, were already worshippers of the band’s 1982 self-titled mini LP, often referred to as Nuns Have No Fun. When Melissa dropped, Lars and co. became the ultimate Fate fanboys, eventually recording four of the album’s seven songs as part of a medley on 1998’s Garage Inc. http://www.covenworldwide.org/